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Gender

Male

Place of Birth

John Bruno

Biography:

John Bruno is an American visual effects artist and filmmaker known for his prolific collaborations with director James Cameron on films like Terminator 2: Judgement Day, True Lies, Titanic, Avatar, and The Abyss, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.

He has also contributed to other blockbuster films, including Ghostbusters, Batman Returns, Cliffhanger, X-Men: The Last Stand, and Kingsman: The Secret Service. He also directed the 1999 science fiction horror film Virus, starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Donald Sutherland.

He currently holds five Oscar nominations and two BAFTA Award nominations.

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Known For

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Titanic

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Avatar

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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2

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Terminator 2: Judgment Day

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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1

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Kingsman: The Secret Service

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Scooby's Laff-A Lympics

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Movie 43

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Poltergeist

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Hercules

Acting

2020

Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters as Self

1999

Imagining 'Heavy Metal' as Self

1994

True Lies as Custodian

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Virus: Ghost in the Machine as Self

Crew

2011

Season of the Witch as Visual Effects Design Consultant

2009

Monsters vs Aliens as Thanks

2007

Rush Hour 3 as Visual Effects Design Consultant

1986

Poltergeist II: The Other Side as Visual Effects Art Director

1985

Fright Night as Visual Effects Art Director

1984

Ghostbusters as Visual Effects Art Director

1981

Heavy Metal as Sequence Supervisor

Heavy Metal as Special Effects

Visual Effects

2015

Kingsman: The Secret Service as Visual Effects Supervisor

2014

Hercules as Visual Effects Supervisor

2013

Movie 43 as Visual Effects

2012

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 as Visual Effects Supervisor

2011

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 as Visual Effects Supervisor

2009

Avatar as Visual Effects Supervisor

2006

X-Men: The Last Stand as Visual Effects Supervisor

2004

AVP: Alien vs. Predator as Visual Effects Supervisor

1997

Titanic as Visual Effects

1994

True Lies as Senior Visual Effects Supervisor

1993

Cliffhanger as Visual Effects Supervisor

1992

Batman Returns as Visual Effects Supervisor

1991

Terminator 2: Judgment Day as Visual Effects Designer

1989

The Abyss as Visual Effects Supervisor

1982

Poltergeist as Animation Supervisor

1981

Heavy Metal as Visual Effects Director

1977

I Am the Greatest: The Adventures of Muhammad Ali as Animation Director

Scooby's Laff-A Lympics as Animation

1976

Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure as Animation

1974

The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat as Animation

Devlin as Animation

1970

Shinbone Alley as Animation

Production

2021

All the Little Things We Kill as Line Producer

2003

Ghosts of the Abyss as Producer

Writing

1995

Star Trek: Voyager as Story

1988

Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw as Storyboard

1978

Jana of the Jungle as Story

Yogi's Space Race as Story

Directing

2014

Deepsea Challenge 3D as Director

1999

Virus as Director

1996

T2 3-D: Battle Across Time as Director

1995

Star Trek: Voyager as Director

1981

Heavy Metal as Director

1980

The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show as Layout

Heathcliff as Layout

1979

Casper And The Angels as Layout

1978

Godzilla as Layout